Jesus Saves!
An enthusiastic missionary hymn, reminding us to take glad good news of Jesus’ saving love to each corner of the globe. A faithful school and Sunday School teacher Priscilla Owens wrote Jesus Saves, and many other hymns, to teach children the basics of the Christian faith.
Sources:
- https://www.blueletterbible.org/hymns/bios/bio_o_w_owens_pj.cfm
- https://hymnology.hymnsam.co.uk/p/priscilla-jane-owens
- https://hymnary.org/person/Owens_Priscilla
- Fuller, D; Goff, P; McGinn, K. “Sing Thy Power to Save” in Blumhofer, E & Noll, M, Singing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land: Hymnody in the History of American Protestantism. 2004. The University of Alabama Press: Tuscaloosa
LYRICS
1 We have heard the joyful sound
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Spread the tidings all around:
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Bear the news to ev'ry land,
Climb the steeps and cross the waves;
Onward! 'tis our Lord's command;
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
2 Waft it on the rolling tide:
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Tell to sinners far and wide:
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Sing, ye islands of the sea;
Echo back, ye ocean caves;
Earth shall keep her jubilee:
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
3 Sing above the battle strife:
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
By His death and endless life:
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Sing it softly through the gloom,
When the heart for mercy craves;
Sing in triumph o'er the tomb:
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
4 Give the winds a mighty voice:
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Let the nations now rejoice:
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Shout salvation full and free,
Highest hills and deepest caves;
This our song of victory:
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
